AntiVirus 2008 XP - Path To Infection
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!First, don’t click on any emails claiming to be an update from MSN or Microsoft. MSN/Microsoft never sends emails about a “Free Update”. If you want to update your PC *always* go to Microsoft.com (NEVER click on any links in [...]
Vista Antivirus 2008 - Rogue
Tom Fergunsan called me and asked for an appointment ASAP. He said he was being inundated with popups saying that he had no Antivirus (he did, AVG Antivirus 8.0) and that he needed to purchase Vista Antivirus 2008. Obviously, this is Rogue Antivirus (fake Antivirus) designed to coerce users into paying for it [...]
TheSpyBot – Rogue Anti-Malware
I came across TheSpyBot while working in Webster, MO. It was pretty obvious to me that this was Rogue Anti-Malware, however my client had it confused with Spybot Search and Destroy…no doubt this is what the malware author’s intensions were.
TheSpyBot loads at startup and starts doing its fake scan. After only a few [...]
